The future of representative democracy
by Keane, John, Merkel, Wolfgang, Alonso, Sonia, Fotou, Maria
Political representation lies at the core of modern politics. Democracies, with their vast numbers of citizens, could not operate without representative institutions. Yet relations between the democratic ideal and the everyday practice of political representation have never been…
"Political representation lies at the core of modern politics. Democracies, with their vast numbers of citizens, could not operate without representative institutions. Yet relations between the democratic ideal and the everyday practice of political representation have never bee…
Draws from political science, history, political theory, economics, and anthropology to answer the most important questions about political representation.
This volume presents an analysis of the political representation of gay and lesbian elected candidates and elected officials within government institutions, especially at the state level. It presents a number of findings about the strategies of LGBT candidates for state legislat…
A portrait of how the 1990's round of redistricting treated the racial and linguistic minorities that had been given special protections by the Voting Rights Act of 1965, primarily African-Americans, but also Native Americans, Asian-Americans, and those of Spanish heritage. Thro…
What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? These are just some of the questions which will be answered by David Runciman and Mónica Brito Vieira as they explain why representation should be understood as one of the key concepts…
Representation
by Runciman, David, Vieira, Monica Brito
fromKey concepts (Polity Press)
What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? How can citizens be represented beyond the boundaries of the nation-state? These are just some of the questions which will be answered by David Runciman and Mónica Brito Vieira as they…
Representation
by Brito Vieira, Mónica, Runciman, David
fromKey concepts (Polity Press)
What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? These are just some of the questions which will be answered by David Runciman and Mónica Brito Vieira as they explain why representation should be understood as one of the key concepts…
Representation
by Brito Vieira, Mónica, Runciman, David
fromKey concepts (Polity Press)
What is representation? What does it mean when a politician represents citizens in government? These are just some of the questions which will be answered by David Runciman and Mónica Brito Vieira as they explain why representation should be understood as one of the key concepts…
Papers from a conference held in London and sponsored by the Joint Committees on Japanese Studies and Western Europe of the American Council of Learned Societies and the Social Science Research Council and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
This astonishing book presents a distinctive approach to the politics of everyday life. Ranging across a variety of spaces in which politics and the political unfold, it questions what is meant by perception, representation and practice, with the aim of valuing the fugitive pra…
An introduction to the non-representational theories which are currently widely dispersed within social sciences and the humanities, this text provides a new outlook to this wide-ranging field.
Examines a fundamental problem for opinion polls and those who use them.
